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Is there room in the Rose Garden for another Bush? I would like to see some White Roses planted there, myself. Here is a view from Kathryn Jean Lopez, Editor of National Review Online, on the prospects of another Bush in our future. Maybe nobody told her (or the attendees) about what really happened in Florida.

Bush talked about the dignity of the individual, hitting hot-button issues including abortion and racial preferences. As one fan in the audience noted: “He touched plenty of third rails, just to show that you can and still succeed. His comments about abortion and right and wrong reminded everyone of his principled support of life from Schiavo to parental notification and consent. He relished telling the tale of his move to dismantle racial preferences. And he stuck to his guns through several tough questions about immigration even though he knew it wouldn't please some of his audience.”

If there was one issue that dampened enthusiasm for Bush among those gathered, it was immigration, where the former governor seemed to criticize conservative assimilation-policy tendencies. “He lost half the room on immigration,” one Beltwayer noted. But even with that, Governor Bush presented himself as a conservative executive –- who governored as a conservative. As one attendee noted, “Like him or love him (about the range of opinion in the room as far as I could sense), he's got charisma and stature and the oratorical skills of a natural leader. He's also clearly getting in fighting shape and has a smile that is as easy and natural as his deep south Florida tan.”

Third Time’s a Charm?... Jeb Bush rallies conservatives.

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More NKR (Not Quite Right) stuff from a conservative source, this time the Washington Times, regarding the National Review gathering and upcoming CPAC as venues for perceived conservative thought...

Cynical politicians have manipulated the social right, through the meddling in the Terry Schiavo case, to the banning of gambling on the Internet. And a constitutional amendment defining marriage has helped transform the conservative movement, which was once about with the expansion of freedom, into "Big Christian Brother," which now is concerned with the expansion of virtue.

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Craig Shirley is the president of Shirley & Banister Public Affairs and author of the critically acclaimed "Reagan's Revolution; The Untold Story of the Campaign That Started It All" about the 1976 campaign. He is now writing "Rendezvous with Destiny," about the 1980 Reagan campaign.

Hmmmm. Will watch for it.

Conservative fatigue lines

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>> His comments about abortion and right and wrong reminded everyone of his principled support of life from Schiavo to parental notification and consent.

"Principled!" Either K-Lo didn't notice that Terri was killed on Jeb's watch or National Review has joined a Bush personality cult.

Jeb didn't have the guts of a kitten. Those kids who tried to bring Terri water had courage. Jeb should have been first in the line with a glass of water for Terri. Imagine those cops arresting the governor.